When Cassie Clemans first dreamed of starting her own business, she knew it needed to involve books. The mother of three envisioned creating a place in her Bend westside community that neighbors and friends could walk to and discover the world of reading. She pictured...

For two days at Oregon WinterFest, artists dig deep into their work with chainsaws and chisels and grinders. The crowds admire the craft, ogle the finished piece and then it all melts away. Watching ice carvers create their masterpieces at WinterFest is always a crowd...

“Local snowboard company SnoPlanks is gaining speed with their 2016 flagship model, the Model A board, an advanced iteration of the company’s original bamboo snowboard. The Model A has a bamboo core from tip to tail, reinforced with carbon fiber, offered in both a splitboard...

Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I moved to Bend when I was 12 and was so mad at my parents to be leaving Bellingham, Washington, for the desert. But now I can say I’m happy we did—I’ve been a pro snowboarder for the past...

Snow lovers have been eagerly anticipating this one—there’s a new $6 million chairlift coming to Mt. Bachelor’s east side. Slated to open in mid-December in time for the holiday season, Cloudchaser is a high-speed, detachable quad lift that provides access to 635 acres of new...

Mt. Bachelor has gone to the dogs. Every day, several dozen canines are mixed in with the humans who work and play on the flanks of Bend’s ski hill. Whether they are the rescue dogs trained to save lives in the case of an avalanche,...